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REYNOLDS  HISTORICAL 
GENEALOGY  COLLECTION 


ALLEN  COUNTY  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 


3  1833  01419  4861 


AGINSALC&Y-'. 


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3  3?AMILT. 


OF  KENTUCKY. 


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By  Dr.  NATHANIEL  'FIRi.D 
OfJcfferbfhVJiUc,  Iml. 


XoVK^IIU  R  Till,    {^"i^ 


JlFFEh-'^'^VIlLK  JWj 


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arn]  was  appointed  Governor  of  the  Territory  of  Ar- 
kniisas  ir)  the  ^viutfe^  of  1830,  by  AtS'irew  •»api<son. 
He  was  twice  mar'-ied,  liad  one  diild  by  his  first  wife 
\Thoui  he  called  Florida.  Slic  nianied  a  Mr.  Cocke, 
l.y  whom  !^hKi  liad  <-u)e  child,  a  d.aiia;hter.  This 
l)ranch  of  tlie  Pope  family  h  now  entirely  extinct. 
His  second  wife  u  as  th.e  widow  o'' General  Walton,  of 
Springfield,  Kentr.cky,  an  elderly  lady  of  talent  and 
culture.  These  three  disliuijuished  citizen.s  of  Wash- 
ington county  died  manv  years  ago,  an(i  are  buried 
in  the  Ceoietery  at  vSuringfield,  a  fine  luonuuient 
marking  the  place  where  ther  rej-ose. 

WiLLSAr^  POPE, 

The  second  sou  of  ttie  old  pi»neer,  was  a  wealtliy 
fr.rnier  in  the  vicinity  of  Louisville,  a  man  of  splen- 
did business  talents  and  great  irniustry,  by  tlie  Juii- 
cious  employment  of  which  he  amassed  a  con-i'iera- 
ble  fortune.  He  was  a  man  of  sterling  integrity  and 
a  high  sense  of  honor  in  ail  his  dealings  ixnl  trans-. 
actions  with  hi's  fellow-nnan.  He  married  Cynthia 
Sturgus,  by  whom  he  had  eight  sons  and  one  dall^Mi- 
ter — Jidin,  William,  Nathatiiel,  Minor,  James,  Kob- 
*ert,  Godfrey,  Charles  and  Ann.  Ann  married  Larz 
Anderson,  ."Oil  of  Col.  Kichard  C.  Anderson,  of  Jef- 
ferson county,  of  Revolutionary  memory.  >^he  lived 
but  a  few  years  and  died,  leaving  one  s  )n,  who  was 
named  Piioliard  C.  Anderson,  in  lionor  of  his  grand- 
father. Kichard  died  in  187S.  His  v.dte  was  Miss 
Agnes  Thompson,  by  whom  he  liad  four  children, 
three  living,  Kate,  Sallie  and  Richard.  John  Pope, 
the  eldest  s(»n,  married  Miss  Maria  Preston,  dangb.ter 
of  Major  I'reston,  and  si.sti^rof  General  Wm.  Preston. 
She  was  noted  for  dignttv,  aiu\  oo!aman<Ung  app^ar•^ 
ance.  Her  husband  regarded  her,  and  justly,  too,  as 
one  of  the  smartest  women  in  Kentucky,  She  was 
remarkable  for  wit  and  the  sl.ar[)ness  and  severity  of 
her  rejiartees.  Her  father  was  one  of  the  finest  look-  - 
ing  men  in  the  State,  a  gimt  in  .size.  When  mounted 
upon  Ids  large  and  splendid  '^leed.it  seemed  a.s  if  the 
very  earth  trembled  beneatli  his  stately  tread.     John 


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lived  but  a  few  years  afier  marriage,  leaving  one 
child  that  died  in  innuicy.  He  was' a  graduate  of 
Harvard  University,  ptudied  law,  but  was  unfortun- 
ately cut  ('ii  in  tlie  morning  of  life,  with  con<uiii})- 
tion,  a  b'-reditary  disease  in  his  mother's  family. 

William  H.  Pope,  second  son  of  the  wealtiiy  farm- 
er, marrifd  Miss  Mary  \Vilson,  daugiiter  ot  Dv.  Dan- 
iel Wilson,  of  Louisville,  an  amiable  lady,  v.ell  *|uai- 
ifird  to  be  the  maternal  head  of  a  large  family  with 
which  she  was  blessed.  She  had  twelve  children  of 
the  P(.pe  lineage — Cynthia,  Ann,  Wallace,  Tiiumas, 
Henrietta,  Minor,  Mary,  Lucmda;,  Kate,  Wiiiia;a, 
Plenry  and  Charles.  Cvnthia  married  Richard  At- 
kinson, by  whom  she  bad  three  sons,  Williari]  Kich- 
ard  and  Clifton.  Wallace  married  Theresa  Steele,  of 
Oldham  county,  ano  they  have  six  children  living^ 
\VilIiam,  Arinie,  W^al lace,  Samuel,  Theresa  ard  JKich- 
ard.  Henrietta  married  T.  P.  Jacob,  of  Louisville, 
and  has  had  ten  children;  of  whom  five  are  living — 
John,  Thomas,  Charles,  Donald  and  Lucy.  Her 
iiusband  is  tlie  descendant  of  one  of  the  old  and 
wealthy  families  of  Louisville,  always  lionor  d  and 
respected  for  their  public  spirit  and  integrity.  Lu- 
cinda  married  Nicholas  Smith  and  died,  leavi-ig  but 
one  ciiild,  a  daughter,  who  survived  her  but  a  sliort 
time-  Henry  married  twice.  His  first  wife  was  Alice 
Miller,  by  whom  he  had  one  child,  a  daughter,  Anna. 
Hi.s  second  wife,  Anna,  daughter  of  W\  Brooks,  who 
bore  him  a  posthumous  child  named  Henry.  But  five 
of  William  H.  Pope's  children  married,  and  but 
three  are  nuw  living,  Henrietta,  W^allace  and  Miiuir. 
The  la^i  a  bachelor. 

Godfrey,  another  son  of  the  wealthy  farmer,  mar- 
ried Miss  ^.'annie  Mirior,  of  Nelson  county,  Kentucky, 
by  v.hom  he  had  three  children,  >[ary,  Anna  and 
Sarah.  Mary  died  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  Sarah  died 
in  infancy;  Anna  married  James  W'.  Bowles,  c.-f  Lou- 
isville, and  has  four  children  living,  Joshua,  Nannie, 
Grace  and  Julia, 

Robert  Pope,  another  son  of  the  old  farmer,  died 
recently,  an  old  baohelur.     The  rest  of  the  sons,  iNa- 


thaniel.  Minor,  James  and  Charles,  died  leavin^^  no 
children.  Godfrey  died  durinr:  the  war  with  Mt:^ico. 
So  of  this  jiaturally  prolific  branch  of  tlie  Poiie  fam- 
ily hut  four  descendants,  all  in  the  line  of  ^Valiace, 
survive  to  perpetuate  tlie  name. 

ALEXAr^CEB  POPE, 

The  tliird  son  of  Colonel  William  Pope,  was  one  of 
the  ori^dnal  lawyers  of  the  Louisville  bar.  lie  v»a.s  a 
man  of  considerable  ability,  equal  to  ar.y  of  his  co- 
temporarie.s  in  the  legal  profession.  By  his  practice 
he  made  a  competency  for  his  family,  and  died  ai 
the  age  of  about  tlfty,  leaving  liis  family  in  good  cir- 
cumstances. II's  wife  was  Patsey  Fountaijr  one  oi 
the  daughters  of  Captain  Fountain,  well  known  to 
the  old  inhabitants  ef  Louisville  as  one  of  tne  most 
respectable  ruen  of  that  day.  They  had  five  children, 
two  sons  and  three  daughters,  Henry,  Fountain,  Ma>< 
ria,  Martha  and  Penelope.  Henry  and  Fountain 
never  married,  and -were  both  killed  in  duels;  the 
first  near  Jefferson  ville,  by  a  young  man  by  the  name 
of  Gray,  of  I^ouisville,  and  the  second  by  young  No- 
land,  of  Little  Kock,  Arkansas.  Maria  married  Dr, 
Allen  P.  Elston;  ^Llrtha  married  Charles  Pope,  and 
after  his  death  she  married  Edward  P.  Humphrey,  a 
distinguished  Presbyterian  clergyman,  by  whom  she 
has  but  one  child,  a  son,  Aleyander  Pope  Humphrey, 
now  32  years  old,  who  is  s[token  of  as  being  a  man  of 
superior  talents,  a«d  one  of  tlie  best  lawyers  of  his 
age  at  the  Louisville  bar.  He  recently  married  a 
tlaughter  of  Alexaiidt^r  Pope  Churchill, 

Penelope  Pope,  the  third  daugiiter  of  Alexander 
Pope  the  old  lawyer,  married  Williiuu  Prather,  s<3n 
of  Thomas  Prather,  one  of  the  oUl  an<l  wealthy  mer- 
chants of  Louisville.  She  died,  leavitig  seven  daugh- 
ters, Kale,  Juiia,  Susan,  Matilda,  Murgaret.  Penel- 
ope and  Martlia.  Kate  married  Orville  Winsted,  of 
Covington,  Ky.;  Susan  marrietl  John  Zanor.e,  of 
Louisville;  Matilda  married  Goldborough  KobinsoTi, 
of  Louisville;  Juiia  and  Martha  died  young,  and 
Margaret  and  Penelope  are  unmarried. 


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Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  the  name  of  Pope  has  long 
KJnce  ceased  in  Alexander  Pope's  branch  of  the  fam- 
ily. By  tlie  false  and  irrational  idear,  of  southern 
chivalry  the  male  members  of  the  family  lost  their 
lives. 

KATHAr^iEL  POPE, 
The  fourth  son  ol  Colonel  William  Pope,  wap  an  em- 
inent lawyer,  studied  the  French  language  when 
young,  and  located,  in  the  be£cinning  of  this  century, 
in  the  old  French  town  of  Kaskaskia,  Illinois.  He 
soon  became  one  of  the  most  popular  lawyers  of  the 
new  Territory,  so  much  so  that  he  wais  appointed  a 
District  Judge  of  the  United  States  Couri  by  Jatoes 
Monroe,  which  ofiice  he  held  for  many  years.  He 
died  at  an  advanced  age.  He  had  two  sons  and  four 
daughters,  William,  John,  Penelope,  Elizabeth,  La- 
cretia  and  Cynthia.  William  married  Eii7:a  Doug- 
las, of  St.  Louis,  and  died  in  1835,  leaving  live  chil- 
dren, Nathaniel,  Douglass,  John,  Cornelia  and  Lu- 
cretia.  Nathaniel  is  Superintendent  of  Indian  Atfaks 
for  New  Mexico;  Douglass  is  Secretary  of  the  Galena 
and  S{)ringfit  Id  Railroad,  Illinois,  and  John  is  Lieu- 
tenant in  the  United  States  Army.  Cornelia  married 
William  Brown,  of  Springfield,  Illinois,  and  Lucretia 
is  unmarried. 

John  Pope,  second  son  of  Nathaniel  Pope,  the 
United  States  Judge,  is  a  General  of  the  United  States 
Army,  widely  known  in  military  circles,  having  a 
national  reputation  as  a  thoroughly  educated  officer 
of  the  regular  army,  brave  and  patriotic.  At  this 
wi-iting  he  is  in  command  of  the  Department  of  the 
West,  with  his  hemi  jua-tei's  at  Leavenworth,  Kansas. 
He  married  a  daughter  of  the  Hon,  V.  B.  Horton,  of 
Ohio,  in  the  year,  1859.  by  whom  he  h-is  three  chil- 
dren, Korton,  John  and  Lucretia. 

Penelope,  llrst  daughter  of  .Judge  Pope,  mai-ried 
Beverly  Allen,  of  St.  L-mi^,  who  died  leaving  her  in 
afiluence  witli  four  chiUiren,  Lucretia,  Anne  Celesta, 
Penelope  and  Beverly.  Lu(>r..'ti^  married  George  D. 
Hall,  of  St.  Louis;  Anno  Ceh,'.^ta  o.arried  Hon.  J.  H. 
Sturgeon,  of  St.  Louis,  ufid   Penelope  married  J.  C. 


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Oirick,  a  lawyer  of  St.  Louis.  Beverly  re^^ides  in  St. 
Loui-,  and  is  an  enterprising  and  highly  respectable 
business  gentleman.  Mi^.  Peneiope  Allen  still  re- 
fides  in  tite  vicinity  of  St.  Loui.-^,  and  is  a  lady  of 
strong  mind  and  high  socia!  position,  and  is  an  hon- 
or to  her  distinguished  ancestry. 

Elizabeth,  second  daughter  of  Judge  P*ope,  niar^ 
ried  Dr.  Thomas  D.  dope,  of  Alton,  Illinois.  Tiie 
Doctor  has  but  one  child  giown. 

Lucretia,  third  daughter  of  Judge  Pupe,  married 
Thomas  Yeatman,  a  lawyer,  now  rcsidin.--  iii  2sew 
H liven,  Connecticut. 

Cynthia,  the  fourth  and  last  daughter  of  Judge 
Pope,  married  James  E.  Veatman,  of  St.  Louis.  She 
died  in  1S5-1,  leaving  only  one  child,  a  son,  who  wa.- 
named  for  his  grandfather,  jSatlianiel  Pope  Yeatman. 
It  will  be  seen  from  this  branch  of  the  genealogy 
there  are  six  descendants  of  the  Hon,  Nat  Pope,  of 
Kaskaskia,  still  living  to  perpetuate  his  name. 

PEflELOPE  POPE, 

First  daughter  of  Colonel  William  Pope,  was  mar- 
ried twice.  Her  first  husband  was  Colonel  Oldham, 
of  Kentucky,  who  was  killed  in  St.  Clair's  defeat  on 
the  4ih  of  November,  1791.  By  Colonel  Oldiiam  she 
had  two  3ons  and  one  daughter,  John,  Richard  and 
Abbey. 

John  P.  Oldham,  her  first  son,  married  Miss  Ma- 
linda  Talboc,  of  liunlsviiie..  Alabania,  by  wiiom  he 
had  two  son.s  and  two  daughters,  William,  Talbot. 
Sophia  and  Susan,  William  and  Tai!>ot  died  with- 
out having  married;  Sophia  married  the  lion.  AVm. 
F.  Bullock,  of  Louisville,  and^usan  married  Horace 
Hill,  one  of  the  old  and  prominent  merchants  of  Lou- 
isville, John  P,  Oldham  was  one  of  the  lawyers  oi 
the  Louisville  bar,  and  for  several  years  Judge  of  the 
Circuit  Court.  His  brother,  Richard  Oldham,  was  a 
noble-hearted  and  generous  man;  was  for  niany  years 
an  oi^cer  in  tlie  United  States  Army,  and  in  his  last 
days  served  as  Jailor  of  Jetlerson  county,  and  died 
in    Louisville,    leaving   several  childrt-n,  who,  with 


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their  vvido'-ved  mother,  removed  to  New  Orleanp. 
Abbey,  tJie  only  d;u:g!iter  of  Col.  Oldham,  Married 
Samuel  Chnrchlll,  an  aoromplishefl  gemleman  .nid 
wealthy  farmer  in  tlie  neighborhood  of  Louisville. 
Tiie  second  hu.sband  of  Penelope  Pope  was  Henry 
Churchill,  a  wealthy  farmer  near  Louisville.  By 
him  she  liad  three  sons  and  two  daughters,  Ann.^tead, 
Worden,  Alexander,  Lucy  Jtnd  Eliza.  Armstead  is 
a  lawyer  and  an  old  resident  of  Elizabethtown,  Ky., 
and  was  once  Judge  of  the  Circuit  Court,  He  is  far 
advanced  in  life,  but  in  good  circumstances.  Wor- 
den  married  Mi.^s  Mary  Prather,  a  daughter  of  an 
old  and  retired  merchant  of  Louisville,  of  consider- 
able wealth  and  high  respectability.  He  died  wliile 
quite  young,  leavintr  one  chiici,  a  snn.  Alexander 
married  a  daughter  of  ex-Judge  ^^cKinIey,  of  the 
f.  S.  Court,  by  whom  lie  had  several  children.  Lucy 
never  married.  Eiiza  married  a  Mr.  Payne,  of  Fay- 
ette county,  Ky.,  by  whom  she  had  one  son  and  two 
daughters,  James,  Elizabeth  and  Mary.  After  the 
death  of  Mr.  Payne  she  married  a  Mr.  Kinney,  and 
located  in  Elizabethto'vn,  Ky.,  where  she  still  resides, 
well  in  years. 

JAHE  POPE, 

Second  daughter  of  Col.  William  Pope,  married 
Major  Abner  Field,  wlio  was  also  a  very  early  settler 
of  the  State,  and  one  i/f  its  nrst  Representatives  in 
he  Virginia  House  of  Barire-=se3,  by  whom  she  had 
>even  sons  and  tive  daughters,  Gabriel,  William, 
Abner,  Alexander,  Xathaniet,  John.  Charles,  .Judith, 
Penelope,  Eleanor,  Hester  and  Eiizabetii  Gabriel 
was  a  Lieutenant  in  tht  [J.  S.  Regular  Army,  and 
died  at  Council  Bluffs,  in  1822,  aged  2S  vears.  Wil- 
liam married  .Miss  Mildred  Banks,  of  Spottsylvania 
countv,  Va.,  by  whom  he  had  one  son  and  four 
daughters,  Benjamin,  Ann,  Jane,  Ellen  and  Mary 
Frances.  Benjamin  i.s  not  married.  Ann  married 
Charles  Ka[)iev,  a  m  reliant  of  Little  R(jck,  Ark. 
Jane,  married  Gov.  Henry  Rector,  of  that  State. 
Ellen  married  a  .Mr.  Duval,  a   lawyer  of  Ft.  Smith, 


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and  Mary  Frances  married  a  Mr.  Lewis,  of  Texas. 
Their  father  was  once  Sheriff  of  Jetlerson  coantv, 
Ky.,  and  emigrated  to  Arkans.i.;  in  1830,  haying  re- 
ceived tb.e  appointment  from  General  Jackson  of 
Clerk  of  the  United  States  Court  for  that  territory. 
He  died  in  Little  Rock  in  1864. 

Abner  Field,  second  son  of  Major  Abner  Field, 
went  to  Illinois  in  1819,  and  was  appointed  Clerk  uf 
Union  connty.  He  was  elected  Treasurer  of  State, 
and  after  his  term  of  service  expired  he  was  elected 
Clerk  of  Joe  Davis  county,  and  died  at  Galena  aboui 
the  year  1832,  He  was  married  in  1823  to  Miss 
Maria  James,  daughter  of  Judge  James,  of  Missouri. 
He  never  had  but  one  child,  whom  he  named  Jane. 
She  married  a  Dr.  Edmondson,  of  Missouri,  by  whom 
she  had  several  cliildren.  She  and  Dr.  Edmond-on 
are  both  dead.  Her  mother  preceded  to  tlie  grave 
several  years, 

Alexander,  the  fourth  son  of  Major  Abner  Field, 
studied  law  with  Judge  Nat  Pope,  of  Kaskaskia,  111., 
located  at  Jonesboro,  county  seat  of  Union,  in  1S2'J, 
was  elected  to  the  Legislature  in  1823;  was  subse- 
quently elected  Secretary  of  State,  and  in  1841  was  ap- 
pointed by  John  Tyler  Secretary  of  Wisconsin;  prac- 
ticed law  over  twenty  years  in  Xew  Orleans;  was 
elected  Attorney  General  of  the  State,  which  office 
he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death,  August  19,  LSTo,  in 
the  77th  year  of  his  age.  He  was  married  three 
times.  His  first  ^vit'e  was  Miss  Elizabeth  Kalfus, 
daughter  of  an  old  and  reputable  farmer  of  Jetl'er* 
son  county,  Kentucky.  By  her  he  had  one  ol\ild,  a 
daughter,  Eleanor,  who  is  still  living  but  not  mar^- 
ried.  His  second  wife  was  Miss  Eliza  Owings,  of  St. 
Louis,  daughter  of  Colonel  Owings  of  that  city,  by 
whom  he  had  fuor  children,  Alexander,  Eugene,  Alice 
and  Julia.  Alexander  died  young  and  was  never 
married.  Eugene  is  married  and  resides  i;-:  St.  Louis. 
Alice  married  a  Mr,  Snilth,  and  Julia  a,  Mr.  Dutch- 
er,  who  also  reside  in  vSt.  Louis,  all  business  men,  of^ 
ficially   connected    with    iuiportnnt   railroad:.!.     The 


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third  wife  was  Minnie  E.  Miller,  of  Ohio,  by  wlioiu 
he  had  no  ch.ildren. 

Dr.  Nathaniel  Field,  fifth  pon  of  Maj.  Abner  Field. 
Tuarried  Miss  vSarah  Ann  Lawe.s,  of  Jefferson  connty, 
Ky.,  daughter  of  Tuptnas  Lawes,  an  old  settler  of 
Kentucky,  and  one  of  tlie  tnost  benevolent  men  that 
eyer  lived.  Thi.^^old  couple  have  lived  together  ftfiy- 
two  years,  and  have  five  living  children,  four  sons  and 
one  daughter,  Natiianiel,  Worden,  Davis,  .John  and 
Penelope.  Nathaniel  married  Miss  Mollie  Arm- 
stronsr,  of  Jeffersonville,  daui<hter  of  Hon.  Wrn.  G. 
Armstrong,  ex-member  of  the  State  Senate,  and  first 
President  of  the  .JetFersonviile  and  Indianapolis  Rail- 
-  road.  She  died  recently,  leaving  three  children, 
William,  Robert  and  PenoLpe.  Worden  married 
Miss  Laura  BottortT,  resides  in  Indianapolis,  and  has 
three  children,  two  .sons  and  one  dangiiter,  Sallie, 
Jolin  and  Worden.  Davis  married  Miss  Alice  M. 
Taggart,  daugliterof  Dr.  James  Taggart,  of  Charlea'- 
town,  Ind.  He  has  two  children,  iNtarcu.s  and  Maud. 
John  is  not  married.  Penelope  married  Dr.  Wra. 
Morrow,  of  Jefferson"ilie,  by  whom  she  has  two  liv- 
ing children,  Nathaniel  and  Fannie,  wlio  married 
James  S.  Van  Natta,  of  Shelby ville,  Ky. 

John  Field,  sixth  son  of  Major  Abner  Field,  stud- 
ied law  with  his  uncle  .loim  I*ope,  while  Governor  of 
Arkansas,  located  at  VV''a.shington,  Hemstead  county, 
in  that  State,  was  soon  made  .Judge  of  the  Circuit 
Court,  and  died  in  the  fnll  tide  of  professional  pros- 
perity. He  married  Mi'^s  Hilary  Mitchel,  of  that 
.State,  a  lady  of  tine  intellectual  culture  and  high  so- 
cial position.  He  left  one  .son  and  tv/o  daugther8, 
William,  Mollie  and  Louisa.  Mollie  married  Dr- 
Walkcr,  of  Washington,  Ark.,  and  Louisa  married  a 
Mr.  Grin.stead  of  Charitan  county,  },fo.  They  are 
both  talented  women,  eminently  worthy  of  their 
sire. 

Charles  Field,  the  seventh  son  of  Maj.  Abner  Field, 
died  very  y(»ung. 

Judith,  the  eidtst  daughter,  \Ta3  never  married,  but 
died  in  the  22d  year  of  her  age. 


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Penelope,  tlie  second  daughter,  ninrn'ed  James  Le- 
ma-^ter,  of  JetTer.<oii  coanty,  Ky..  and  is  >ri]l  living 
in  the  neigliborhood  of  Memphis.  She  has  but  two 
living  children,  Ann  and  Xathai^iel-  Her  son  ^Vil- 
liain  married  and  died  leaving -fjftrchihlren.  Marg-a- 
ret  married  a  Mr.  Guion,  and  died  leaving  i'^son^ 
Her  husband,  Mr.  Lema~ter,  died  a  few  year?  ago  ai 
an  advanced  age,  Ife  v.a.s  a  noble  man,  generon:-'  . 
and  brave,  scrn}»«*Joi;.'']y  honest  and  honorable  in 
hi^  busines-s  transactions 

Eleanor,  the  third  daughter  of  Major  Abner  Field, 
married  Wm.  II.  Vance,  ex-Mayor  of  Louisville,  and 
son  of  a  popular  Frefbyterian  clergyman  in  his  day, 
and  a  superintendent  of  a  pri-.  ate  Academy  where 
nearly  hll  the  young  men  of  Jefferson  county  were 
educated.  She  died  at  Columbtis,  Ky.,  leaving  but 
two  living  children,  Anna  and  Elba.  Anna  married 
a  Mr.  Ford,  of  Columbus,  who  died  soon  afterv,'ards 
with  consumption.  She  then  married  a  Mr.  Brown. 
Ella  married  a  Mr.  Custar,  and  lives  at  Humboldt. 
Tenn. 

Hester,  the  fourth  daughter  of  Major  Abner  Field, 
married  Arnold  Wisotzki,  a  gentleman  of  P<dish  ex^ 
traction  but  a  native  of  Maryland.  They  have  four 
living  children,  Nathaniel,  John,  Jame.s  and  Nannie. 

Elizabeth,  the  tifth  daughter,  never  married.  She 
has  been  dead  several  years 

ELIZABETH  POPE, 

The  third  daughter  of  Colonel  William  Pope,  mar- 
ried General  George  Trotter,  of  Lexington,  Ky  ,  by 
whom  she  had  two  child'-en.  both  .^ons,  John  and 
Tames,  John  married,  but  died  wldle  young,  leav- 
ing no  children.  James  never  married, and  also  died 
voung.  Many  year?  after  the  deatii  of  G-en.  Trot  er, . 
his  widow  married  Nathan  U.  Hall,  a  distinguished 
Presbyterian  clergyman,  then  pa.stor  of  a  church 
at  Lexington,  Ky.'  She  had  one  or  two  cliildren  by 
Mr.  Hall,  wiio  settled  in  MisMv.sri,  to  which  State  he 
he  had  a  call  to  preach,  and  where  he  and  his  wife 
both  died. 


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HESTEB  POPE, 
The  fourth  dnughter  of  CoI('iiel  V»'il]iatn  Pfipe,  mar- 
ried Prea.^ly  Edwarris,  a  lawyer  of  Eus.sellville.  Ky,, 
and  brother  of  Niiuan  Edward:^,  either  the  fir^i  or 
second  Governor  of  Illinois,  Thev  had  several  chil- 
dren, but  only  two  lived  to  adult  age — a  son  and  a 
daughter,  Mary,  who  married  a  Jolm  Slaugliter,  and 
died  soon  afterwards,  leaving  no  children,  George 
T.  Edwards,  the  only  survivor  of  the  family,  is  an 
attorney  at  law,  and  resides  in  the  vicinity  of  Kus- 
sellville,  is  married,  lias  four  cfiildren,  two  sons  and 
two  daughters,  George,  James,  Hettie  and  Bettie. 
Ilettie  married  Dr  John  G.Sinclair,  and  Bettie  mar- 
ried Arnos  B.  Duncan.  Both  of  these  gentlemen  re- 
side in  Nashvil'e.  He  is  a  man  of  high  standing, 
having  tlie  confidence  of  every  one  who  knows  him. 
At  the  last  State  election  he  was  chosen  State  Senator 
from  Logan  county. 

OEF^JAMSra  POPE, 

One  of  the  brother.;  of  Colonel  William  Pope,  had 
three  sons,  Benjamin,  George  and  Worden.  He  also 
had  several  daughters  who  died  young.  If  they 
were  married  oi-  left  any  children  it  is  unknown  to 
any  of  the  survivors  of  that  branch  of  the  family. 

Benjamin  Pooe  turned  his  attention  to  asfriculture. 
George  was  early  ai);)oinLed  Clerk  of  BulMtt  countys 
and  Worden  Clerk  of  Jetil-rson  county,  which  otrice, 
they  held  during  liie,  and  no  two  nien  were  eyer 
more  useful  and  t.npular  than  they  ^-ere.  After  the 
death  of  Worden,  tlie  duties  of  the  oirioe  were  divided 
between  tiie  (.circuit  ar.d  Cor.nty  Court;-,  and  as  a  tes- 
timonial of  the  iuuHi  apprcciatio!!  o!  the  t-ervioes  arid 
integrity  of  the  father  the  County  Cjun  ci  nJ'erred 
the  oiiices  on  two  of  his  sons,  Currand  and  Pendle- 
ton. The  former  v.-as  made  Cltrk  of  the  County 
Court,  and  the  latter  of  th-i  Circuit  ('ourt. 

VIOROEN  POPE, 
The  old  clerk,  njairie>i  ICli^abedi  Thruston,  daughter 
of  John  Thrusion,  who  itpreoented   Kentucky  in  the 


-  Li2J 

Virginia  Le^'fislatiire  before  it  boeanie  a  vState.  He 
liad  tv.elve  ofiiklren,  but  at  the  lime  cl  liis  deatn 
there  ^vere  but  four  living— Patrick  H.,  luimund  P.," 
Curran  snd  Hamilton. 

Pati-ick  married  Miss  Sarah  F>ro\vn,  daughter  of 
Janiea  Pirown,  a  wealthy  and  influential  farmer  of 
Jeflerson  connty.  Pie  wa.s  a  young  iawer  of  fine  tal- 
ents and  ?reat  promise;  was  elected  to  Congress  about 
the  year  1837.  and  died  in  the  midst  of  prosperity, 
leaving  five  children,  Elizabeth,  Urath,  Ellen,  Mary 
Anna  and  Worden.  EHzabetii  married  Dr.  W.  R. 
Gait;  Urath,  .J.  Fry  Lawience;  Ellen,  Dr.  John 
Thruston,  and  Mary  Anna,  George  Nicholas,  all  of 
Eouisville.  AVorden  unfortunately  enlisted  under 
Gcreral  William  AValker,  the  notorious  filiibuster. 
and  ^Tas  killed  in  ^Sicaragua.  Many  other  .unsus- 
pecting young  men  shared  the  same  fate  under  the  • 
"gray-eyed  mait  ot  destiny,"  who  finally  paid  the 
penalty  of  his  own  folly  in  Honduras. 

Edmund  P.  married  Nancy  Johnson,  daughter  of 
Colonel  James  Johnsoij,  of  Kentucky,  a  survivor  (>•' 
the  battle  of  Tij)pacanoe,  and  uicmber  of  Congress. 
Edmund  P.,  or  Pendleton  as  he  was  generally  called, 
had  seven  children,  Edwar<l,  Aima,  Sally,  Alfred, 
"NVorden,  Elizabeth  ami  HamlltDn.  Pendleton  died 
in  th?  meredian  of  life,  leaving  a  wife  and  these 
seven  children  to  battle  with  the  world.  Edwar,! 
died  of  consumption  unu.arried.  .-\iina  niarried  L', 
P.  Douglass,  of  (/urydon.  Ind.,  and  died  of  tiie  -anie 
disease.  Elizabeth  married  a  son  of  e.K-Guvernor 
Kobinson,  of  Kentucky,  and  also  died  of  c("!:sumi'- 
tion.  All  these  victims  o/  that  terriole  disease  in- 
lierited  it  from  their  mother.  Alt'red  is  living,  atid 
i.^  Vice  Chancellor  of  the  LouisvilleCiiancery  Court, 
and  married  the  d.-^ughter  of  Curran  Pope.  Worden 
graduated  at  West  P()int,  and  is  nov/  in  the  C'nited 
States  Army,  and  fi Might  under  General  Milfs  in  .-ov- 
eral  of  his  Indian  battles.  H.ifailLojj.  tureatene<! 
with  consummation,  v.ent  to  Colorado,  where  is  doing 
well  a.  a  farmer,  an'l  is  a  rising  ma.T. 

Curran  Pope  marrit-d  Matilda  P.  Jncob,  daughter 


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of  Jolm  1.  Jacob,  a  proniitiejit  citizen  anil  generally 
kuuwn  as  a  wealthy  whc.le^ale  inercliaiit  of  Louisville. 
Pie  graduated  at  West  roint,  and  on  the  breakin- 
GUI  of  the  late  civil  war,  he  took  the  side  of  the  Orov- 
crnment,  raised  a  regiment,  the  Fifteen fh  Kentucky, 
which  fought  bravely  at  Perryville,  standing  the 
brunt  of  the  battle.  His  Lieutenant  Colonel  George 
W.  Jouett,  and  Major  Campbell,  fell  by  his  Ade;  he 
lijjijself  was  wounded,  and  died  at  the  house  of  Dr. 
^^'^-f^dward  P.  Huniphrey,  at  Danville.  He  had  ju^l., 
-recovered  from  an  attack  of  typhoid  fever,  an.d  wa%* 
advise<i  to  remain  at  Louisville  until  I;is  health  wa> 
fully  restored,-  but  in  his  great  an:^iet\  to  do  his  duty 
he  disregarded  the  advice  of  his  friends  and  headed 
his  regiment  in  the  advance  of  the  amiy  under  Br.el! 
against  tlie  Confederate  (xenerai  Brngg.  The  excite- 
ment of  the  battle-Held,  hi.s  feeble  health,  and  severe 
wound  were  too  much  for  iiis  physicial  strength. 
2vo  bi-aver  and  more  patriotic  soldier  ever  gave  lii- 
lif«  for  his  country  than  Colonel  Curran  Po])e.  He 
had  three  children,  John  Jacob,  Patrick  and  Mary: 
bHt  at  the  time  of  hi.s  death  Mary  was  the  only  one 
living.     She  married  Alfred  T.  Pope. 

Hamilton  Pope  is  now  the  only  living  child  (yf 
AVorden  Pope,  the  old  popular  and  primeval  clerk. 
He  is  an  eminent  lawyer  of  the  Louisville  Bar,  and 
though  not  much  of  a  politician,  he  has,  neverthe- 
less, represented  Jeflerson  county  in  the  Legislature. 
He  married  a  daug'itor  of  the  late  Major  \V.  B-  J^do- 
ker,  of  ^Va.-hingt(ln  couruy.  He  has  no  children,  but 
*iuite  a  numbe;-  of  namesakes,  given  to  their  ^oiis  by 
relatives  and  friends,  as  a  testimonial  of  their  great 
regard  for  him.  For  he  is  a  noble  man,  a  sun  of  one 
of  the  most  poj)ular  ami  honorable  men  that  ever 
lived  in  Louisville.  The  name  of  ^Vorden  Pope  wu.i 
a  household  word  in  Jefferson  and  adjoining  comi- 
ties. HiH  name  was  a  synonym  of  hum^^ty  and  be- 
nevolence. He  diud  in  a  good  old  age,  laden  willi 
the  honor  and  esttom  of  all  who  knew  him.  Hin  fu- 
TiOrul  WHS  the  larire-t  ever  seen  in  Louisville,  ft  was 
an  outpouring  of  rij!  classes  of  people  to  do  liunor  to 
a  great  and  good  m;ui. 


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PEr^ELOPE  EDWARDS, 
Vv'^ite  of  Colonel  '.Viliiaiu  Pope,  had  two  brother?  and 
three  sisters,  George,  lienjarain,  Elizabeth,  Nancy 
aiul  Mary  Benjamin  came  to  Kentucky  at  an  early 
(lay,  and  located  in  the  Green  River  country.  He 
was  tbe  father  of  l're,s;=ily  Edwards,  of  Russellviile, 
and  of  Ninian  Edwards,  either  the  first  or  second 
Governor  of  Illinois,  and  for  whom  the  town  of  Ed-, 
wardsville  in  that  State  was  named.  One  of  hertlMi.!** 
%«*;  married  Benjamin  Helm,  of  Virginia,  who  also 
came  to  Keutucky  and  seitled  in  the  vicinity  of 
Elizabethtown,  Kentucky.  She  was  the  grandmotjier 
of  the  Hon.  Benj.  Helm  Bristow^  late  ^Secretary  of  tiie 
Treasury. 

With  regard  toGeoige  Edwards  and  the  two  3ister>> 
of  Penelope  Edwards,  nothing  is  known  by  the  writer. 
The  probability  is  thut  they  remained  in  S'irgir.ia 
where  they  were  born. 

From  a  careful  view  of  the  foregoing  genealogy  it 
will  be  perceived  that  the  Pope  family  liave  in- 
creased but  very  little  since  their  .settlement  in  Ke!i- 
tncky.  It  is  now  just  100  year.T  since  Colonel  Wil- 
liara  Pope  arrived  at  the  Falls  of  the  Ohio,  himself 
and  four  sons  composing  the  male  members  of  the 
family.  The  increase  on  tiie  basis  of  the.se  five  pro- 
genitors in  one  hundred  years  ought  to  have  been  at 
least  100  males.  But  instead  of  that  they  only  num- 
ber nine'  The  male  progeny  of  Benjamin  Pope  is 
still  less,  only  five.  This  i-<  remarkable,  >.ndean  only 
be  account-d  for  on  tlie  principle  of  Injudiciou.^  in- 
termarriages with  weakly  or  consumptive  families, 
neglecting  marriage  altogether  or  lieferring  it  umil 
far  advanced  in  Ifie.  It  is'  wonderful  how  rapidly 
ti'.e  posterity  of  the  old  patriarch  Jacob  mulliplied 
under  all  tiie  hardsliips  of  Egyptian  slavery.  \ 
family  blessed  with  health  and  strong  athletic  phy-i- 
cnl  constitutions  never  ought  to  become  exiinst  or 
degcnorate.  They  ought  to  multiply  and  repu-nisli 
ihc  earth  with  their  name  and  offspring.  Tiie  Pope 
family  have  been  apparently   iiuiitlerei^t  to  eelf-j^re- 


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f^ervalion.  Many  f)f  them  liavediod  of  CDJisuinption; 
some  have  fcilk-u  in  duel-  in  the  riiorniiig  of  life,  and 
'^sonie  lia''e  died  bachelors.  In  one  way  or  unother 
they  hiive  fiuled  to  triinsrnit  to  the  present  time  their 
name,  and  the  genius  of  a  once  g^eat  and  intiuen- 
tial  family.  In  the  lapse  of  a  century,  had  they  ini- 
proved  the  gifts  and  the  natural  blessing.,  .so  bounti- 
fulJy  be.-^t<.)wed  upon  them,  they  might  h.ave  tilled  th.e 
country  with  great  and  useful  men. 


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